If you haven’t heard of Thor: The Dark World, you probably don’t watch television, and you’re one of the few people who missed Marvel’s Avengers when it topped the box office last year. But while the Marvel film might have top the charts, it’s not the only Viking-inspired film to hit screens big and small. It is, however, probably the film least expected to resemble anything from history. Vikingdom, a Malaysian film that was released in the U.S. October 4, has faced some controversy about whether it’s truly based on Viking mythology, and the hit scripted mini-series on the History Channel, Vikings, was both praised and derided for its fictional elements. How true to history does any Viking inspired film or series need to be? Read more →